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Carlos Santana reached base four times on Friday night as his team won for the second straight night to pull to within three games to two in their best of nine series. In other action, Ryan Battaglia started for Brisbane in the Australian Baseball League. The IBI's Arthur Kinney recaps the action in all the winter leagues in another daily dose of ATF....

Carlos Santana and his Leones del Escogido team got back on track on Thursday night with a much needed 6-5 win. Down 3 games to none in the nine-game series, Santana broke the ice off his week long cold spell with a two-run homer and a half dozen plays in the field at third base. The IBI's Tony Lastoria shares the details...

Carlos Santana and his Leones del Escogido team lost again on Wednesday night and are now down 0-3 in their league championship series in the Dominican Winter League. Santana had a good game at the plate, an area of his game he has struggled at recently, and the IBI's Michael Goodman recaps his outing...

The Venezuela Winter League wrapped up round robin play on Tuesday night and moved onto their league championship series. Meanwhile, Carlos Santana is still getting valuable playing time at third base in the Dominican Winter league finals. The IBI's Arthur Kinney recaps the night and provides a listing of Indians still playing winter ball.

In the final regular Around the Farm posting of the offseason, the IBI's Michael Hattery reviews the night from Carlos Santana and provides the details on his night. Jesus Aguilar is officially done for the winter season and is set to return to the states, and few others players are still in action.....so enjoy the last ATF for a few weeks until spring training!

The league championship series kicked off in Puerto Rico on Sunday night and the championship series kicks off in the Dominican Republic on Monday night. Meanwhile, the Venezuela Winter League continues to wrap up their round robin phase which ends on Tuesday. Jesus Aguilar and his Caracas team are fighting for one of the berths into the championship series, and the IBI's Arthur Kinney provides the details on Aguilar's night as well as all the other playoff action.

While the round robin phase in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic wraps up, things are getting heated in Venezuela. No, not the round robin playoffs there, but a spat between Asdrubal Cabrera and the executives for his winter team Caracas. The IBI's Tony Lastoria provides the details on what has transpired and the chances that Cabrera does play winter ball - which if he does he would play second base.

The Indians action around winter ball was much busier than usual on Wednesday night. Not only were Carlos Santana and Jesus Aguilar in action, but lefties Giovanni Soto and Elvis Araujo made appearances and got some much needed work. The IBI's Tony Lastoria recaps the night Around the Farm for the Indians...

Around the Farm was absent on Tuesday because no Indians were in action on Monday thanks to a scheduled off day for most winter league teams. The playoffs kicked back into gear on Tuesday and both Carlos Santana and Jesus Aguilar were in action. The IBI's Arthur Kinney recaps the performances...

The Indians had players in action in all three winter leagues in Venezuela, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic on Sunday. The IBI's Arthur Kinney recaps the day that was that had several Indians players contributing to the postseason hopes for several winter teams.

Carlos Santana and Jesus Aguilar were both in action once again on Saturday night. Santana was his normal on-base making self and Aguilar proved to be human, but the interesting story of the night is Asdrubal Cabrera suiting up for Caracas. The IBI's Tony Lastoria talks about what Cabrera has been up to and his plans in Venezuela.

Jesus "RBI Machine" Aguilar plated another three runs on Friday night in the Venezuelan Winter League playoffs. He finished with a home run, a double and two walks. Meanwhile, Carlos Santana had another poor winter ball playoff showing at the plate despite drawing two walks. He served as the DH on Friday, so no defensive news to report. Join the IBI's Arthur Kinney as he recaps another night in the winter leagues.

The two Indians big guns of the offseason Carlos Santana and Jesus Aguilar were both in action once again in winter ball on Thursday night. Aguilar recently returned from a week hiatus and homered while Santana had another solid showing. Join the IBI's Arthur Kinney as he takes us Around the Farm...

The Dominican Winter League playoffs raged on Wednesday night, and Carlos Santana and Enosil Tejeda had a big part in Escogido's 9-2 win on the night. Tejeda was a surprise performer as he had not pitched in over two months and Santana continues to contribute offensively and keep hope alive on his experiment at third base.

The big news of the day was the return of Jesus Aguilar to active duty in the Venezuela Winter League. After his MVP caliber regular season for Caracas, it was no doubt good news for the team and for Aguilar as he really wanted to return to action. The Indians gave the okay on Tuesday afternoon and he was back in the lineup later in the evening.

While Florida State and Auburn battled it out for the BCS College Football National Championship on Monday night, baseball continued to press on this offseason with the winter league playoffs. The Dominican Winter League teams continue their round robin format and Carlos Santana had another solid game.

Only one player from the Indians organization played in winter ball on Sunday, but it was a big appearance as Carlos Santana returned to third base. How did he fare? Find out by joining the IBI's Arthur Kinney as he takes you Around The Farm...

The offseason edition of Around the Farm (ATF) takes a quick look at some of the daily performances by Indians prospects and big league players in winter ball. Carlos Santana was back at third base for his Dominican team on Saturday night, Tyler Sturdevant made another appearance in his return from shoulder surgery, and more.

In what looks like it might be the last or one of the final Around the Farm pieces until the spring games in March, the IBI's Tony Lastoria takes note of Jesus Aguilar's departure from Venezuela, Carlos Santana's continued use in the DR playoffs, Ryan Battaglia's unreal extra base streak and more.

There was no action in the various Latin American winter ball leagues on New Year's Eve, but that doesn't mean there isn't news coming out of the Caribbean leagues. Join the IBI's Arthur Kinney as he goes over the playoff formats in Venezuela and Puerto Rico...and also shares the playoff schedule for both leagues as well as the Dominican Republic.

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